What are the most significant benefits arising from developing brownfield sites and can these be monetised for use in business case appraisals?

Background

Enhancing our understanding of the longer-term best methodologies for evaluating the impact of different interventions, and the recent experiences of reform outside of England both across the UK and internationally, to inform our own reforms.

Next steps

The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

DLUHC Areas of research interest GOVUK

Related UKRI funded projects

  • Developing Active Towns on Brownfield Land

    Harworth Group plc (HG) (through its subsidiary Harworth Estates (Waverley Prince) Ltd) in conjunction with primary sub-contractor Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) will complete a project - known as Active Towns - to es...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: HARWORTH ESTATES (WAVERLEY PRINCE) LTD.

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on developing brownfield sites and monetizing them for business case appraisals, fully answering the question.

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